Vip Rework | Part 1, Also Information.

[Thrym 188]

I think with the advent of Grass VIP that everyone on the server should be able to do at least that. Wouldn't it be great if everyone at least had Grass VIP? With our huge player base that income would very likely help the server a ton!

[Cossair 35]

If I donate $3000, can I buy Native?

[Trouvo 205]

If I donate $3000, can I buy Native?

LOL

[Grabthar 185]

I love the donation upgrades. Great job Vaq. In regards to the OP-ness of 300 skill points... This will not make you better then anybody else at anything. Everyone can still only level to 100 in each skill. This just allows you to do a tiny bit more in other areas. Besides, this is an RP server... Skills only come into play in either PvP combat(silly) or gathering scenarios related to jobs, which are much better when RPed out anyways. Nothing in the perks directly effects your IG relationships with other players. Oh, your a Lord in some far away land... big deal, your not my King so I don't have to listen to you :)

If I donate $3000, can I buy Native?

Oh... and I would hope that if you donated $3000 Native would send you an actual lock of his beard trimmings. Maybe for 5K you could get one of Robin's as well. Then you could use the hairs to make little dolls... and have them fight each other on a small wooden death ring you built in your basement... And you can paint your body with the blood of those that stumble in and interrupt your ceremony... Um... Maybe I got a bit carried away... Sorry :)

[Aetherian 33]

Just a quick inquiry, would I be correct in assuming that with lvl 100 Excavation you would still be able to go down 10 levels deeper in conjunction with these additional Power of the Land perks, as you could with Gold (and above) VIP?

And lol half my name in a VIP rank :3

[Jorgen Reimer 74]

If we are really in such a lack of money ( I would actually know how the defiect is on, probably many other would also like to know) Then how about people can help server funding my letting themselves put adds on the forums? Like those to small adds I on the top and bottom page, how about I voluntarily put another two, one on right and one on left? Could that help revenue?

[Kayde North 5]

I'm a bit surprised so much argument came from the Kingship benefit. As a Diamond donater, I have a title as Lord, but that doesn't really mean much in the end. I didn't make my character a Lord just because I donated, that's just silly. And I'm sure that no one would accept someone randomly claiming to be King after a large donation either. To be honest, I'm sure that no one would try anyways. What kind of troll like that would be willing to shell out $500 anyways? I'll tell you: none.

[shiftnative 3103]

"Kingship" and the "GM skype chat" have been removed as the GM team were not aware of these implementations and don't exactly agree with them at this time

[_pok_ 1768]

High Lordship – You’re Awarded the title of “high lord”. Being a High Lord may grant you favor if you wish to join certain high ranking leadership positions.

:/

EDIT: This really upsets me...

Yeah, I see where you are coming from Vaq when you are saying that these are the guys who keep the server running and they should be given leadership positions anyway.

Well, what if some rich kid decides, "EURHUR I HAZ $500 DOLLERZ!" and spends it on the Aether Donator Rank.

That's GREAT for the server. Now, what if this kid turns out to be a jerk AND cannot Role Play? Then what?

I did not like this perk when we first had it, I don't like it this time.

Double Edit:

I do like all the other perks though!

[Lawrence Berell 226]

If I donate $3000, can I buy Native?

You get me.

*lies on a double bed*

[Trouvo 205]

VIP25+ Have gotten LWC from the start. Normal players don't.

VIP25+ Have full access to falsebook. Normal players don't.

VIP25+ Get Shops, normal players don't.

This is not an amazing new idea, we've given perks like this to players in the past, why are you acting like this is the end of the world just now? Also, how many people are going to donate $300/$500? Almost no one.

Name one large server on earth that gives LESS benefits than us, we are the most liberal of any server.

edit: I should also state that i am not doing this to argue, i personally like the new perks, but just thought it would be wise to know, especially since you asked.... <3 you Vaq!!

Sorry vaq but i came across this while watching minecraft youtube videos...a server with much less benefits....

Although to me it does seem more pay to play, but it seems to be effective for them the way they do it...

Race Change

Granted upon a 5$ donation. Receive one race change to the race of your choice. Bear in mind that all your housing plots from your original race city will be removed and all your XP and levels will be lost upon changing your race.

Tier 1

Granted upon a 10$ donation.

• Reserve Slot for 1 Month

• Access to V.I.P. forum

• Special V.I.P. in-game name-tag

• A total of 2 LWC protection chests

• Access to Donor Shop

• Access to Tier 1 in Donor Shop

• Access to stone tools kit (Every 12 hours)

• Special Donor Effect: Grey Potion

Tier 2

Granted upon a 25$ donation.

• Reserve slot for 3 Months instead of 1 Month

• Ability to create your own Town with Towny

• A total of 4 LWC protection chests

• A total of 5,000 in-game Silver currency

• Special V.I.P. in-game name-tag

• Access to food kit (Every 2-4 hours)

• Access to Tier 2 in Donor Shop

• Special Donor Effect: White Potion and Smoke

Tier 3

Granted upon a 50$ donation.

• Reserve slot for 6 Months instead of 3 Months

• A total of 7 LWC protection chests

• A total of 10,000 in-game Silver currency (15,000 Silver including other tiers)

• Access to leather armor kit (Every 24 hours)

• Ability to create bridges and gates

• Special V.I.P. in-game name-tag

• Access to Tier 3 in Donor Shop

• Special Donor Effect: Green Potion and Fire

Tier 4

Granted upon a 100$ donation.

• Reserve slot for 1 year instead of 6 Months

• A total of 12 LWC protection chests

• A total of 20,000 in-game Silver currency (35,000 Silver including other tiers)

• Ability to create a Nation with Towny

• Ability to ride mobs

• Special V.I.P. in-game name-tag

• Access to Tier 4 in Donor Shop

• Access to a portable workbench

• Access to potions kit (Every 24 hours)

• Special Donor Effect: Teal Potion and Endersplash

Tier 5

Granted upon a 175$ donation.

• Reserve slot for life instead of 1 year

• A total of 18 LWC protection chests

• A total of 40,000 in-game Silver currency (75,000 Silver including other tiers)

• Ability to wear blocks on your head

• Access to a portalable chest (Does not loose contents upon death)

• Ability to create a nation with Towny

• Special V.I.P. in-game name-tag

• Access to Tier 5 in Donor Shop

• Access to dungeoneer kit (Every 48 hours)

[Trazier 115]

Interesting. My only 'meh' part was how the new 'super awesome power of the land' was described. (i.e. Gold level!!!; YOU CAN DIG FOR DIAMONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) you'd be unable to get those items with that perk, unless you also went ahead and leveled up your excavation also.

I really don't have a big issue with these, but the 'omg pay2win' crowd i'm sure will be up in arms over this.

I'll admit it's tempting though. a 200x200 plot of land? 4 50x50 plots? I could be some sorta diplomatic type and open up an inn/shop in every province if I wanted to. That's kinda awesome.

[Laive 0]

How can you say there is not enough money for 300 slots? Do you think people are stupid? You are earning over $5000 a month from donations, you don't even get 300 players. The server you run is the same regardless whether you change 200 to 300 slots, you're not changing the hardware rent.

[Trazier 115]

How can you say there is not enough money for 300 slots? Do you think people are stupid? You are earning over $5000 a month from donations, you don't even get 300 players. The server you run is the same regardless whether you change 200 to 300 slots, you're not changing the hardware rent.

Hey, where are you getting these numbers from? I'm just curious. Also, the reason this server still runs, is when availer bankrupted the place, grabbed all the cash he could and ran for the hills, VAQ stepped up (with his own MC hosting company) and moved the server there. That very well coulda been the end of LotC. I still fear for the server the day Vaq decides he's had enough and moves on. Believe me, if he says the coin is running low and the server needs it, he's not just bullshitting you so he can pick up a pair of $500 shoes with 'bought by teh suckas' written on the side.

Another thing, let's look at the largest server in the game right now. Legendary Craft, averaging 400 people online. Check out their benefits... http://legendarycraft.com/benefits

$15 = /godmode

$15 = /butcher

$300 = You can use /i to spawn any item you want. And you think we're unfair? Do you know how much time and effort it takes, and how much money it takes to host all the things we do? We would die within a month if no one donated, hence why we reward our donators for running LOTC.

And on the side of the page "Wanted goal: $60,000" and when I clicked on it, they were like $80 short. I don't know if that's per month or just in general, but 59 THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED dollars in donations? With such perks as 'do anything you want' 'spawn anything you want' 'turn into any creature or whatever' 'change the time of day'.

That's pay to win, and i'm sure it's not so great out there when it's a pvp server and someone who paid some money can run up /godmode on, and slay you. I think the perks and donations here are what they were intended to be. Small, non-game breaking perks and benefits.

Bedrock is 50x50 according to GMs.

Which GMs? I mean, I know you're the lead coder/plugin guy and an admin, so if you said "ME" that would have to be an acceptable answer...

...however, when Shift put out his big 'new map rules and FAQs and stuff' one of the things he mentioned was plot sizes. In it I SPECIFICALLY remember reading that bedrock donators get a 100x100 plot. And it also stated that two diamond donators (who get a 40x40 plot) can combine their perks and get a shared 100x100 bedrock plot among themselves.

Why do I remember this so much? Because I remember one of those nitpicking types coming by and saying "But 100x100 is WAY MORE than two 40x40! It's more than FOUR TIMES AS BIG!!!!!!!!".

Could someone please tell me when bedrock was changed from 100x100 to 50x50? I know i spent a couple weeks away, but I didn't think i'd miss something as monumental as this... I just noticed now that the "New" 300$ perk was.... the old $200 bedrock 100x100 plot.

[Trazier 115]

Greetings friends,

So, we got this big 'ol map and a whole lotta players.

And some players want their own Villages, Towns.. And Nations.

City Plot

Contents:

( Bedrock VIP also may use this plot to become a lord of a biome in a kingdom region or noble house in a city )

• 100x100 ( nearest biome, protected and named by the town unless under nation rule )
• Protected down to bedrock

Requirements:

• Accepted City Charter
• 100,000 Mina in protected land,( free for bedrock donators) No cost for having it in the Wilds. If in a nation territory, ultimately decided upon by the nation leaders / governmental system. Free for Bedrock & subject to taxation in conjunction with a parent nation. ( if any )

Other notes:

• No Plot may be within 200 blocks of one another or 100 blocks from a road.
• Town Plot Price is lifted for Diamond VIP's
• City Plot Price is lifted for Bedrock VIP's
• Two Diamond VIP's may combine to share the benefit of a Bedrock VIP

let us know what you think ~

Here, I found the post. Call it double posting but I already edited my original a couple times, and I don't think one post should be 2 pages long.

I daresay (and I hope to see this fixed!) it looks like these new donation packages rebranded the bedrock donator plot as something else (at 150% the cost), and shrunk the current bedrock size by half!

Currently (under these new rules) a bedrock donator basicly gets over a diamond donator (for twice the price) an extra 10x10 on their plot, a few more mindless NPCs, another /setsoul location, and a new rainbow VIP tag... That just doesn't look right.

My opinion (asked of me or not) is that bedrock should go BACK to 100x100. This new ender plot should be 150x150, and this new aether plot should be 250x250. I'm just going on simple math here using plot size as the 'main perk'. Ender would cost $100 over bedrock, and the plotsize would be a bit bigger than if you had just a diamond and just a bedrock side by side, then the new aether rank, which costs 200 over ender, would have an extra 100x100, which is (was?!?) the current bedrock plot size.

Please note that 100×100 is the max size, you may also simply define a 50×50 and another 50×50.

In square sizes though, two 50x50 would be half as big as a 100x100

Sorry vaq but i came across this while watching minecraft youtube videos...a server with much less benefits....

Is that a 'pay to access' server? I don't get this whole 'reserve a slot for 1 month... reserve a slot for 3 months.... reserve a slot for life' you copypasted.